Where's the video editing play button?
On the bottom where you see a video clip symbol and then words that say, &quot;Sequencer,&quot; it's normally set to the Timeline panel where you would see a play button, but it's right now set to the &quot;Video Editor&quot; panel.  Just click on the video clip icon in the bottom left corner and choose &quot;timeline&quot; in the &quot;animation&quot; section.  Then the play button will appear.